Marine harpacticoid (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) fauna of the Dilek Peninsula (Aydın, Turkey)

Abstract

IntroductionThe order Harpacticoida is one of the 10 orders of subclass Copepoda (Martin and Davis, 2001) and contains approximately 6000 species in 645 genera, which belong to 59 families (Ahyong et al., 2011). Marine harpacticoids are mostly benthic microcrustaceans, although a few are planktonic or are symbiotic with other animals. They are commonly the second most abundant taxon after nematodes in marine sediments (

Interstitial harpacticoid (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) fauna inhabiting mediolittoral zone of the Gulf of Saros (Turkey)

“…The families Ameiridae, Miraciidae and Ectinosomatidae are known to be sediment associated and eurytopic [37,38]. Therefore, they are the most common families in many faunistic studies carried out on the interstitial habitat in worldwide [39][40][41][42][43][44] as well as in Turkey [11,12,22,27,34]. In this study, in terms of species richness the family Ameiridae ranked first followed by Miraciidae and Ectinosomatidae.…”

“…List of harpacticoids and their localities determined in these study and comparison with the previous records from Turkey. A: Noodt [8], B: Karaytuğ & Huys [25], C: Huys et al [26], D: Karaytuğ & Sak [27], E: Sak et al [28], F: Pulat et al [29], G: Alper et al [22], H: Sönmez et al [30], I: Kaymak et al [31], J: Sönmez et al [32], K: Köroğlu et al [33], L: Alper et al [34], M: Sönmez et al [35], N: Karaytuğ & Koçak [11], O: Yıldız & Karaytuğ [12], P: Sönmez et al [36], Q: Alper et al [13]. ---------- ---------- ).…”

Biga Yarımadası (Çanakkale, Türkiye) mediolitoral bölgesinin kumiçi ve fital Harpacticoid (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) faunası

“…Distribution in Turkey: Aegean Sea [37,38], Black Sea [20]. Distribution in Turkey: Aegean Sea [30,37,38], The Black Sea [18].…”

“…Distribution in Turkey: Aegean Sea [22,30]. Distribution in Turkey: The Black Sea [20], Aegean Sea [30,38].…”

“…Distribution in Turkey: New Record. Distribution in Turkey: Aegean Sea [22,30]. Distribution in Turkey: Aegean Sea [22,30,37,38].…”